Chapter 5



Author's pov

One middle aged couple entered a saree showroom and started to check some beautiful sarees.

"Hello Sir & Madam, Welcome. Tell me what can I do for you?" A girl asked them.

"We need some silk sarees." The lady said.

"Okk... Come with me" the girl took the couple towards a counter where the silk sarees were kept.

"Hey show them the silk sarees." The girl said to another girl who was standing there to attend the customers.

"Yes..." the girl who was behind the counter said and started showing the sarees.

She was showing the sarees . Suddenly another sales girl called Arnika for some work. She went to talk with her and because of that the couple had to wait. They were getting irritated with each passing second.

After 15 minutes she came back to see the couple were red in anger.

"This is what you call professionalism!!!! We are waiting here for the last 15 minutes and there you went to do a chit chat with your friend ... Does it make any sense?" The middle aged woman yelled at her

"Madam, I am sorry...but I went there for important work. You choose from here."The girl said politely.

"Your important work could have waited...but you wasted our time...what do you think of yourself? " The man shouted now.

The customers and her colleagues started to gather around the scene.

"I really went for some important work..I went to give her medicines.....why are you creating a scene here?" She said calmly....but from inside she is anything but calm.

"How dare you talk to me like this? Ho toh ek sales girl ,apni aukat mein raho (You are just a salesgirl so stay in your position). Argue with your elders ,is this what your parents have taught you?" The woman said.

"Enough...enough of your nonsense. I am not saying it doesn't mean that you have the right to talk like this about my parents. I am a salesgirl that doesn't mean you can say anything to me . And please one thing don't be the reason for losing your own respect in the eyes of other people. " she said sternly .

"What exactly happened Arnika?" The manager asked the girl who was being yelled at.

"I went towards Preeti to check on her as she wasn't feeling well since morning. I helped her to have her medicines. For doing this I took a 15 minutes break ....so my customers are reacting to it.." Arnika said.

The couple didn't react after that. They bought the sarees and left.

Arnika went towards the washroom and took a deep breath to calm her anger.

Later at night she went to her home which was a studio apartment . After getting divorce from her husband, She bought it from her friend, Sonia, who left it after getting married.

Her full name is Arnika Kaur who was once married to a man who lives in Mumbai. But after one year of her marriage they divorced each other due to some personal problems.

Now you will ask why didn't she go back to Amritsar where her parents live?

Her family is orthodox who will not accept their daughter who is divorced.

But Arnika isn't someone who is an orthodox ...she is a modern girl who will do anything but will not go back to the people who treated her like trash destroying her self respect.

So she decided to stay in Delhi after coming from Mumbai and started working of her own. For last two years she is in Delhi.

She freshened up and made her dinner.

After eating the dinner suddenly her eyes went towards the newspaper which had fallen from the rack.

She decided to read it as due to workload she didn't get time to read the newspapers of this week.

She took it and started to read it. Suddenly her eyes caught some advertisement.

The advertisement was about The Singh's & Co wanting a PA for its CEO.

She read the advertisement carefully to know their criteria and found that she was eligible for the interview .

She wanted a respectful job where people will not insult her like always they do in the shop.

She immediately made her CV and applied for the interview along with the photocopies of her certificate .The interview was the day after tomorrow.

Finally the day of the interview came. She went there .

Seeing the candidates who came for the interview made her jaw drop on the ground.

"Are they here for a fashion show or a film audition?" She thought to herself seeing their dresses and makeup.

She didn't care about anything. When her time came ,she went and gave her interview with utmost honesty.

Next day as usual she went for her work. She didn't let anyone know about her interview.

While coming back home at night ,she went to buy some groceries.

She was doing everything but there was a certain tension remaining inside her related to the Job. She really wished and hoped to have this job.

Next morning while she was making her breakfast,her phone rang. She checked it to see it's unknown number.

She picked up the call .

Arnika : Hello.

Speaker : Hello madam,Good morning. I am speaking from The Singh's & Co.

Arnika : Yes..

Speaker: Actually I am glad to inform you that you are selected for the post of PA. Congratulations . So you have to join from Monday which means tomorrow at 9 am sharp.

Arnika couldn't believe her ears. Her lips pulled up in a smile .

Arnika : Thank you so much. I will be there tomorrow on time.

Both of them hung up the phone.

She was happy but she has none to share her happiness with.

Her parents had already cut their ties with her along with her brother.

She has been working in a shop for a year but none of her colleagues became her friends. She made sure to maintain a professional relationship with everyone, didn't let anyone enter her personal space because she knew what kind of people they are who talked behind her back about her being a divorcee.

Her school friends and college friends have no relation with her as after marriage, the less communication played the part here.

Only Sonia was her friend. They studied in a same college. But last year she settled down abroad with her husband so their communication has gone very short. As Sonia was busy with her professional life and marital life, whereas Arnika in her own miseries.

So she is alone . She has only herself.

Here is our Arnika.

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